Ammonia emissions of pullets and laying hens as affected by stocking density and manure accumulation time

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1067-1075

  Mendes, L B ^a   Xin, H ^b   Li, H ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia emission; Laying hen; Manure accumulation; Pullets

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION TIME; AMMONIA EMISSIONS; BODY WEIGHT; EGG PRODUCTION; EMISSION RATES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HIGH DENSITY; INDUSTRY GUIDELINES; INFORMATION CONCERNING; LAYING HEN; LOW DENSITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; PER UNIT; PULLETS; STOCKING DENSITY; SURFACE AREA;

AMMONIA; DAIRIES;

MANURES;

ACCUMULATION; AMMONIA; BIOGENIC EMISSION; DATA SET; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GUIDELINE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MANURE; NITROGEN; POULTRY; STOCKING DENSITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84863675787     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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